This is the post I wish existed when I started. Five steps. No fluff. And I can help you with every single one. Step 1 — Get CPR certified You need a current CPR/AED and First Aid cert. That's the baseline. If you already have it, skip ahead. If not, message me — I can handle it. Step 2 — Complete an Instructor Course This is called an IDC (Instructor Development Course). It covers how to run a class, how to evaluate students, and how the certification system works. Already an ASHI, ARC, or AHA instructor? Great. If you're ASHI, join my Training Center and get Skool for FREE. Step 3 — Affiliate with a Training Center This is the step nobody talks about, and it's the one that actually matters. You can be a certified instructor and still not be able to issue cards. To legally certify students, you have to be affiliated with a Training Center. No affiliation, no cards, no business. **I run a TC. If you join mine, this Skool is FREE.** Step 4 — Get your equipment You don't need much. I teach every class with one adult and one infant mannequin. Don't fall for these "family value packs," they are most certainly NOT needed. That's it. *See my equipment post for exactly what I use and why.* Step 5 — Teach your first class The demand is local and it's real. This is what the community is actually for. I'll help you get your first client, *no cold calling I promise.* The thing most people get wrong: They stop after getting certified. They have the credential and no classes. The credential is just the entry point. The opportunity is in actually showing up and teaching - consistently, locally, on your own schedule. That's the whole model. I built it accidentally with almost zero effort; a testament to how much of a demand there is for CPR instructors and why you should tap in. Now I'm building it on purpose, and I'm documenting it here. If you're ready to start, introduce yourself below. Where are you, and what made you look into this? — Jesse Flight Paramedic | Instructor Trainer

I've worked every side-hustle there is. Teaching music lessons, martial arts, selling guitar strings, making arts and crafts on Etsy, owning rentals, even building guitars. All of these side hustles have the following in common: -Expensive start up costs (I invested $30k into a woodworking shop, and if you've bought a house...yeah) -Finding buyers with disposable income (people WANT these things, but don't NEED them) -Huge time investment in learning how to be incredible before offering them to someone else (10,000 hours is the going rate to "master" a craft) -I was PASSIONATE about most of these My best friend in the world went to Business School, and gave some sage-ass advice. "Do what you KNOW." I'm a flight paramedic. I know CPR. I'm not showing you how to find buyers with extra cash laying around to try and sell your homemade knitted coasters to. I'm not encouraging you to go out and train Jiu Jitsu for 20 years and get a 15 year lease in a decrepit mall to build a martial arts school. And I'm certainly not telling you to go buy real estate or Bitcoin. Instead. I'm encouraging you to recognize that what you are already good at IS your best business idea, and the buyers aren't looking to train for fun; they are likely REQUIRED to be actually certified for their job. It's like a pyramid scheme. There are so many industries who rely on weekend-warrior CPR instructors who: -Have no business sense, so don't have a simple workflow that ensures leads are tracked, managed, and responded to in a timely manner -Work 9-5 jobs 5 days per week with no spare time to actually teach classes -Have never actually performed CPR before None of this describes YOU. Well, maybe the first bullet point might, but that's 1 of 2 main reasons you should join this school. Along with adopting my proven system for running your business, I'm going to teach you: -How to market yourself with 0 cold calls -How to make the administrative tasks seamless and as hands-off as possible

Don't go off buying a dozen crappy mannequins. I teach every single class with just 1 adult and 1 infant mannequin. These instant-feedback models are a real upsell and make the classes go smooth. When someone is performing incorrectly, students don't have to just take my word for it! Affiliate links below: 👉Prestan CPR Mannequins (Adult, Baby and AED) https://amzn.to/4tbRqPJ Includes carrying cases large enough to carry everything else. Nothing says "Professional" like walking into a daycare with nothing but these two bags, which I carabiner together to make...well, 1 double bag. 👉Prestan AED https://amzn.to/3PACTi2 I purchased a second AED to use with some classes, but honestly I think I could get away with just one AED. The AED pads have lasted me several years without any need to replace. 👉Epi Pen Trainer https://amzn.to/4tbrOT1 Great to show people the ins and outs of using an Epi-Pen. I love that this one is "dumb" and doesn't try to walk the user through use; those are distracting and I don't need anyone to speak for me, no siree!